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Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

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Sheffield writer of epic eco-fantasy🐻 and the BadFiction podcast🎧
Exec. of Blank Street Writers 📝
Teaches literature and other stories 📚

Mostly cross posting from Mastodon - @olliefrancis@mastodon.world

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Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

Original post: mastodonapp.uk/@GetCarter/1...

November 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

Original post: h4.io/@brettezelel...

November 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM

Ollie Francis

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I'm more convinced every day that I don't make my decisions based on logic but on emotion. What I choose to do is founded on invisible intuition pumps churning away somewhere in my subconscious that I have no access to except in the way they make me feel.

#emotion #emotionism #mind #decisionmaking

"The areas of the brain that deal with logic and emotions are deeply interconnected. You cannot make decisions without utilising emotion networks and protecting your brain health must include attending to your emotions." (Kimberley Wilson, How to Build a Healthy Brain)

November 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

Particularly proud of our low-effort #Halloween decorations this year.

October 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

Particularly proud of our low-effort #Halloween decorations this year.

October 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

Always slightly chilled by the truth behind Hayes' words here: that personal property and the public good do not always align - and where they diverge, the law prefers to preserve the former over the latter.

"The role of law, therefore, was to protect a citizen’s right to protect their own life, and thusly, moreover, therefore and furthermore, the role of law was to protect private property:" (Nick Hayes, The Book of Trespass)

October 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM

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Original post: climatejustice.social/@PaulaToTheP...

October 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

#Loops is a federated version of TicTok, if you're after a video sharing feed without the algorithm.

Original post: mastodon.social/@dansup/1154...

October 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM

Ollie Francis

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Been thinking about the chances of an imminent societal collapse (because, hey ho why not?).
Money is the ultimate non-perishable. Yet it is also the ultimate perishable following the end of the finance system, when it will up and vanish like Keyer Soze.

"Goliath states do not simply emerge as dominant cliques that loot surplus food and resources, he argues, but need three specific types of “Goliath fuel”. The first is a particular type of surplus food: grain. That can be “seen, stolen and stored”, Kemp says, unlike perishable foods." (Damian Carrington, ‘Self-Termination Is Most Likely’: The History and Future of Societal Collapse)

October 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM

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Original post: mas.to/@kityates/11...

October 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

I've tried to put this I to practice by tagging and linking quotes as I store them. It's meant I'm able to draw on them more easily later on when I'm exploring a topic. I can't fully explore a quote every time I read one, unfortunately.
#Notes #SecondBrain

September 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

#Grief #Poetry

"Ghosts do not haunt, they regress." (Max Porter, Grief Is the Thing With Feathers)

September 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM

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Original post: mastodon.online/@IngridHbn/1...

September 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

There is always a cost to convenience and those who profit most are rarely the ones who pay.

Original post: mastodon.green/@gerrymcgove...

August 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

I still struggle with supporting my students with spaced repetition. Sure, I have starter questions, quizzes and other activities that draw on what we learned yesterday/last week/last month - but the real power of memory happens outside of my control in a place I struggle to access.
#teaching

"The difficulty stems from the fact that forgetting, generalization, and memory optimization are all process that occur spontaneously, over time, party in sleep, partly while doing unrelated things, or while doing nothing ("idle meditation")" (supermemo.guru, Spaced Repetition Does Not Work in a Classroom)

August 31, 2025 at 9:44 AM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

A penis/cloaca hybrid your new nightmare, courtesy of ChatGPT.

Original post: masto.ai/@vagina_muse...

August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM

Ollie Francis

@olliefrancis.bsky.social

This has to be one of my favourite quotes about art and reading, from @kyradavis.bsky.social . There's a freedom and honesty in holding both praise and condemnation in mind, simultaneously. Feels like what I imagine wisdom to be.
#art #writing #creativity #reading